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Beck names his team

Newly appointed LAPD Chief Charlie Beck named his top command staff Monday and set up two new offices – including a special services division that will oversee counter terrorism and the detectives bureau – in a reorganization designed to “increase efficiency and improve effectiveness.” Daily News.

In a briefly worded department memo, Beck promoted Deputy Chief Michel Moore, who now heads the Valley Bureau, to assistant chief in charge of the new Office of Special Services.

Moore, who was in the running with Beck for the job of chief, is one of three assistant chiefs and one of six direct reports to Beck.